Bucks, Kings notch victories

Fired up by a flagrant foul from Andrew DeClercq, Ray Allen scored a personal playoff-best 27 points as the Bucks beat Orlando 103-96 Wednesday night and took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series.

Tracy McGrady scored 35 points, but just five in the fourth quarter as the Magic, trying to be more physical than finesse, lost for the 11th straight time to Milwaukee.

Sam Cassell added 26 points for the Bucks, who won consecutive playoff games for the first time since 1987, when they beat Atlanta two straight en route to a 3-2 series win, the last time Milwaukee advanced past the first round.

Game 3 shifts to Orlando on Saturday night.

Allen was 11-of-13 from the foul line and Cassell made all nine of his free throws.

The Bucks' "Big Three" - Allen, Cassell and Glenn Robinson - combined for 67 points, 19 more than they accumulated in Game 1 Sunday night.

Kings 116, Suns 90 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - This time, the fans in Arco Arena had everything to shout about.

With the league's most potent offense in devastating form, Peja Stojakovic scored 22 points and Jason Williams had 18 as the Sacramento Kings evened their first-round playoff series by beating the Phoenix Suns.

Led by inspired play from point guards Williams and Bobby Jackson, who made his first six shots and finished with 16 points, the Kings jumped to a 22-point first-half lead and never let up on the way to the franchise's biggest playoff victory since April 7, 1951.

The Kings didn't even need much help from Chris Webber, who still had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists.